Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-Robert Frost

Fire and Ice (2008), oil on canvas, in the 2008 Spring edition of the Cellar Door

I started painting this from a black and white photograph with a composition I liked. I ended up completely changing it (the composition...the colors were obviously not a part of the black and white photo to start with). About half way through the piece I started thinking about the poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost.  About my world.  Not in just a literal way.  This piece will appear in the 2009 Spring edition of the Cellar Door.